Thursday’s episode of Scandal was laced with excellent quotes, major changes in plans and plenty of unanswered questions, like, what was the plan when you proposed this auction, Olivia? And why is Andrew still alive? Olivia’s friends suddenly decide that they should bid for Olivia in the auction. I’m not sure why it took them so long to think…

Last week I walked into a CVS pharmacy and was struck by the annual Valentine’s Day gift selection. I wasn’t taken aback because I saw anything new or unusual. To the contrary, I was struck by the realization that drugstores across America have been peddling the same janky, hacky combinations of tired teddy bears holding heart-shaped…

How many people does it take to save Olivia Pope? So far it looks like it takes at least one president, one first lady, one former head of B613, one Secret Service agent, one attorney general, two gladiators and a Republican National Committee chairwoman … First things first, though: This Thursday’s episode of Scandal—a show…

After a two-month hiatus, Scandal has finally returned, and as far as the plot is concerned, we don’t know much more than we knew at the end of the winter finale: Olivia Pope was kidnapped to compel Fitz Grant to declare war against West Angola. But as we know, it’s about the journey, not the destination. Well, Shonda…

We made it, folks! We survived Scandal’s winter hiatus. Scandal finally returns on Thursday, and it’s time to find out where things pick up after the shockingly scandalous winter finale. To recap a recap: 1. Olivia Pope tried to kill her father (gasp!), and then 2. Olivia Pope got kidnapped (oh nooo)! The big question, of…

Lose weight, stop drinking (so much) and recycle! That’s right. It’s time for New Year’s resolutions, and if anyone needs to make a commitment to self-improvement in 2015, it’s everyone in Olivia Pope’s crew. Pledging not to kill, kidnap and/or torture people are obvious choices, but here are a few additional New Year’s resolutions for…

You know that commercial break that happens right before the last seven minutes of each episode of Scandal? The one that makes you want to yell or throw a shoe at the TV screen because you believe that the suspense might actually kill you? Well, for some of us, Scandal’s 10-week-long winter hiatus feels just…

I haven’t been home for Thanksgiving in almost 10 years. I typically reserve trips home to Houston for Christmas, weddings and family reunions (and that more somber occasion that starts with an “f”). For the several years that I spent Thanksgiving in Washington, D.C., I would spend the day with various combinations of cousins and…

On Thursday night’s How to Get Away With Murder winter finale, after all the cryptic flashbacks we saw all season, it was finally revealed who killed Sam. It was Michaela! Or Wes! Or Wes and Annalise?! Wait, what?  Let’s run it down. 1. First, Annalise and Sam get into a nasty fight.  Annalise is packing Sam’s stuff like Bernadine…

Thursday night, Scandal’s winter finale aired—an event so highly anticipated that President Barack Obama moved up his immigration speech to accommodate it. Thank you, Mr. President. Now, if only Shonda Rhimes could get the network to hold all commercials until the end of the show, we would greatly appreciate it. Seriously, why are there so many…